CCMtg04-04-6811~
regular session April L°-th, 196
The Longwood C~.ty Council met in regula,.r session April 4, at -
8 : 00 p .:n.
iresent: E.E,. ~r?illiamso,n, James A. Frown, B.H. EPrrell, ~.A. Scott
L"ugere Jaques , Mayor Lormann Cene ~ . :~teph.ensor., Attorney.
Meeting called to order by tine Chairman, minutes of previous
meetings were reed ~ approved as corrected.
!~~r. Jack.Ledoux was preser_t with Attorney hack. Cleveland,. Jr. to
protest action taken by t:~.e Longwood City Cou~.cil to annex the. dog
track property. Mr. Cleveland stated that. he 'nad .filed ~ pet.ition
in the- Circuit Court against ordinances loo. 197 ~ 2~c3 in order that
no further a.cti on could be taken to ar~neX t~.e property. ?fir. L~doux
states. that the Sanford-Orlando kennel Club knew cloth ir_g of th.e
arnex~ti on until the ordinaa?ces appeased ir. th.e newspaper and 'that
a study should be made iz? order to deter~:ine just =.ahich City the
track wou?d best fit into and also the set-aices to be derived
from the ~; t~. ~",.r. L.edoux stated that a delegati on frolli the City
of Casselb¢rr-y ha.d approached t'ne tra,ek regard;-ng being arlr_exed to
them h.o~4ever no commitment had been made.
Mayor Lorrrlann stated that the City of Long,a~Qd co~~ld offer police ~,
zits protection, water & street ii gh.ts i i1 five or six manth.s and
Sewerage i~ith.in a year. fir, 'Ledoux agreed to meet with. the City
Attorney & Mayor to further discuss the matter before a descision
is made. The City Attorney stated that ordinance 1Vo. 197 had
nothing to do with floe dog tract property and that th.e .petition
against that ordinance should be dismissed. i~r. Clevdland agreed to
feet with. l~r. ~tephexlson on tY'si~s r~.atter.
1'~r. ~'etrus ~: Mr, ~.auch aaproacrled the counci 1 requesting a
7~3 acre track of lrlad at the west end of the City li~?i is be taken
into Long=.~~ood, qtr. Pettus stated that t'~?e pa.rade of homes
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sponsored. by the development co;.rmission is looking for home
sites and favors this property. Homes in the 3~ to 4~,~0~ bracket.
would be constructed. Nlr. 1'etrus wanted to hnow if the City could
furnish materials if the County would furnish. labor & machinery
in order to co~?plete t'ne road connecting Mate Rd, 43~ & t'ae
Longwood-~'lark_ham Road. Thee City Attorney advised the Council to
.study the matter before any action is talon. Igir, Scott and
Iglr. Brown agreed to accompany Mr. Rauch to the next meeting of t'_~e
County Co~rmissioners to discuss the matter..
Nlr. G. E, Strickland, building inspector reported on the meet-
ing of the zoning board ~ regarding the request of ~r . Igleadows to re-
zone property on ~?ild?~ere Ave. The zoning board had no objections
to re-zoning Lots 9 through ~4 ilk. 6 of the ;r~ilc3~nere Replat ir.
order that multiple apartments could be erected, also to ;rant a
variance in .the living area req~:ire~ients.
~'Ir. Jaques recom~aended that the City Attorney prepare an adverbs-
went .setting a .date-fora public hearing on this property. The
.Chairman set the date of the public hearing for April 25th at
8 : ~~3 p.m.
~Ir. E.C. Campbell ~~anted to know ~~hy part of his property ±aas
annexed into the City under Qr~iria~ce Rio: 197 and Hart left out.
i~layor Lor;.rann agreed to c:n.eck the legal description regarding this
matter.
An ordinance of the Ci ty of Longwood amending Sections 8 & 9
of ordinance no. 1~2 providing fees & regulations for use of City
water of .the said City was read in full.
?gloved by ~Ir. .~errell seconded by I~ir. Brown to adopt the ordinance.
Roll call voter u.u, 'Ferrell yes
:James A. Brown yes
~i.A. 5eott yes
Eugene Jaques no
E.E. ~~illiamson no N?otion carried and the
ardinance the second reading.
The Attorney recom~er_ded that the bic?,~cle ordinance be placed in
--- the hinds of the Bodice Chief ~~ith modifications, for study and
recompne.ndations before action is taken on passing the ordinance.'
ter. Brown submitted reco_mrrend~.tions for vacations as follows:
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Everyone ? s required to take a ~%acati on, .i_f .not taken no extra
p~.y alloS,aed.
`•1ac.ation period to be from i~tay 1 to Cetober ?
Persons a~tiust 'oe employed in. vacation. period to get a vacation, un-
less twelve months has been served.
~~?ployee must 'rye on payroll on or before I~'overnber l to receive a
paid vacation, vacstion to be one wee?.
24 months consecutive empioy-m.ent,receive 2 weep€s vacation..
5 days sick ? eeve allowed in one ,vea~ .
No advances can salary, hourly caorkers not to be paid when off .
No action on this matter.~~7as taken by the council.
?+toved by :~~r. Ferrell seconded by' Mr. Scott to, pay the li sled bills
& ~:ecept .the f ininci al statement. ?°~otion cirri ed.
--9solution paving i~ay~na.n street from Orange Ave. Notth ~~ Long~.ale
Ave. was read in full..
~zoved by I~Zr. Ja.que~ seconded by ~~r. Scott to adopt the resolution.
~o1L ca,ll~~_vote =gas unaminous, mo~eion carried anal .resolution ,~ .1~8
was psssed.
Ntoved by ?~?r. Jaques seeor~ded ?oy ~Ir. Ferrell to install an extension
telephone frog? ~€o. 838-I~~~ in the fire dept. r~ot?on carried.
~~Ir. A.Li, Gaede requested. per~niss? on 'to meet with. council regarding
l~Yatural Gas co~?i~g into Longwood. Council consented to invite fir.
Caede to a ~ee-cing sin en canv~nient
t~ir. Jaques announced meetings to be held to discus the proposed new
charter s.s fol?ows: April loth from 7 to ~ p.m., in the Longwood
L'letaent~ry School Auditcriu~ri ; April 27 as~d day Z8 from 1_~:~Q A.l~.
until ?2:0~7 Noon ix~ the Longwood Council Chambers.
Per. Jaques recommended that the minutes of .the co~.a.ncil r~zeetings be
tap?d. ?~o action taken by the council.
~Zr. Scott recommended that the sidee~Ta.lk From X84 So, to Lake Ave. be
repaired. ~l~e City Sur.:. was reQUeste~. to submit a cost esti~sate.
~Zoved by ~Zr, Scott seconded by fir. gown to a.d j ouri°~. the meeting sub, ect
to call. A?otion carried. _.
President Longwood pity Counci 1
Attest:
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